Iowa Code 331.254 – Charter of consolidation
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1. When multicounty consolidation is recommended, the consolidation charter shall provide for all of the following:
a. Adjustment of existing bonded indebtedness and other obligations in a manner which assures a fair and equitable burden of taxation for debt service.
b. Establishment of subordinate service districts.
c. The transfer or other disposition of property and other rights, claims, assets, and franchises of the counties consolidated under the charter.
d. The official name of the consolidated county.
e. The transfer, reorganization, abolition, absorption, and adjustment of boundaries of existing boards, subordinate service districts, local improvement districts, and agencies of the consolidated counties.
f. The merger of the elective offices of each consolidating county with the election of new officers within sixty days after the effective date of the charter. The elections shall be conducted by the county commissioner of elections of each county. No primary election shall be held. Nominations shall be made pursuant to section 43.78 and chapters 44 and 45, as applicable, except that the filing deadline shall be forty days before the election.
g. The merger of the appointive offices of each consolidating county.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 331.254
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Charter: means the form of government selected by a city as provided in chapter 372. See Iowa Code 362.2
- Charter: means a formal document establishing the functions, powers, organization, structure, privileges, rights, and duties of county government not inconsistent with state law. See Iowa Code 331.101
- Debt service: means expenditures for servicing the county's debt. See Iowa Code 331.421
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- State law: includes the Constitution of the State of Iowa and state statutes. See Iowa Code 331.101
2. The consolidation charter may include other provisions that are not inconsistent with state law.